2015 Pan American Games Table Tennis Top 15 Male Players Ranking & Biography Seed #1: Gustavo TSUBOI World Ranking: 55 Country: Brazil Style of Play: Left handed Attacking Shakehand Notable Achievements: • Competed in 2008 & 2012 Summer Olympic Games • Gold medalist, 2011 & 2015 ITTF-Latin American Cup Men’s Singles • Gold medalist, 2007 & 2011 Pan American Games Men’s Teams Social Media: • Facebook.com/GustavoTsuboi Seed #2: Eugene WANG World Ranking: 58 Country: Canada Style of Play: Right handed Attacking Shakehand Notable Achievements: • Competed in 2012 Summer Olympic Games • Gold medalist, 2014 ITTF-North American Championships Men’s Singles & Men’s Teams • GAC Group 2013 ITTF World Tour United States Open – Winner Men’s Singles Seed #3: Hugo CALDERANO World Ranking: 76 Country: Brazil Style of Play: Right handed Attacking Shakehand Notable Achievements: • Bronze medalist, 2014 Youth Olympic Games Men’s Singles • Gold medalist, 2014 & 2015 ITTF-Latin American Championships Men’s Singles • Gold medalist, 2015 ITTF-Latin American Championships Men’s Teams • Represented Brazil in 2012, 2013, 2014 & 2015 World Championships • Gold medalist, 2015 ITTF-Latin American Championships Men’s Singles Social Media: • Facebook.com/HugoCalderano • Instagram: @HCalderano Seed #4: Thiago MONTEIRO World Ranking: 141 Country: Brazil Style of Play: Right handed Attacking Shakehand Notable Achievements: • Competed in 2004, 2008 & 2012 Summer Olympic Games • Gold medalist, 2003 Pan American Games, Men’s Singles • Gold medalist, 2007 & 2011 Pan American Games, Men’s Teams • Gold medalist, 2013 ITTF-Latin American Cup Men’s Singles • Gold medalist, 2015 ITTF-Latin American Championships Men’s Teams Social Media: • Twitter: @tgmonteiro Seed #5: Andy PEREIRA World Ranking: 172 Country: Cuba Style of Play: Left handed Attacking Shakehand Notable Achievements: • Competed in 2012 Summer Olympic Games • Gold medalist, 2014 Central American & Caribbean Games Men’s Singles • Gold medallist: 2015 Men’s Team, Men’s Singles, Men’s Doubles, Women’s Doubles – Caribbean Championships Seed #6: Marcos MADRID World Ranking: 179 Country: Mexico Style of Play: Right handed Attacking Shakehand Notable Achievements: • Mexican Champion at 16 years old • Silver medalist, 2011 Pan American Games Men’s Singles • Gold medallist: Men’s Singles 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games Social Media: • Facebook.com/Marcos.Madrid.18 • Twitter: @marquitosmadrid Seed #7: Brian AFANADOR World Ranking: 205 Country: Puerto Rico Style of Play: Right handed Attacking Shakehand Notable Achievements: • Competed in 2014 Youth Olympic Games • Silver medalist, 2014 Central American & Caribbean Games Men’s Singles • Gold medalist, 2013 and 2015 Boys’ Singles Latin American Junior Championships Junior Boys Social Media: • Instagram: @Briantmpr Seed #8: Alberto MINO World Ranking: 212 Country: Ecuador Style of Play: Right handed Attacking Shakehand Notable Achievements: • Bronze medalist, 2011 Pan American Games Men’s Singles • Gold medalist, 2014 Central American & Caribbean Games Men’s Singles • Bronze medalist, 2015 ITTF-Latin American Cup Men’s Singles Seed #9: Gaston ALTO World Ranking: 218 Country: Argentina Style of Play: Right handed Attacking Shakehand Notable Achievements: • Silver medalist, 2007 & 2011 Pan American Games, Men’s Teams • Bronze medalist, 2012 ITTF-Latin American Cup Men’s Singles Seed #10: Marcelo AGUIRRE World Ranking: 241 Country: Paraguay Style of Play: Left handed Attacking Shakehand Notable Achievements: • Competed at 2008 & 2012 Summer Olympic Games • Silver medalist, 2011 ITTF-Latin American Cup Men’s Singles • Represented Paraguay at 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 & 2015 World Championships Social Media: • Twitter: @ayaloli1 Seed #11: Daniel GONZALEZ World Ranking: 261 Country: Puerto Rico Style of Play: Right handed Attacking Shakehand Notable Achievements: • Bronze medalist, 2014 Central American & Caribbean Games Men’s Singles Seed #12: Jorge CAMPOS World Ranking: 272 Country: Cuba Style of Play: Right handed Attacking Shakehand Notable Achievements: • Bronze medalist, 2011 Pan American Games Men’s Teams Seed #13: Pablo TABACHNIK World Ranking: 302 Country: Argentina Style of Play: Left handed Attacking Shakehand Notable Achievements: • Competed at 2000, 2004 & 2008 Summer Olympic Games • Silver medalist, 1999, 2007 & 2011 Pan American Games Men’s Teams • Gold medalist, 2004, 2005, 2008 ITTF-Latin American Championships Men’s Doubles Seed #14: Timothy WANG World Ranking: 302 Country: USA Style of Play: Right handed Attacking Shakehand Notable Achievements: • Competed at 2012 Summer Olympic Games • Gold medalist, 2010, 2012 & 2013 US National Championships Men’s Singles • Silver medalist, 2011, 2013 & 2015 ITTF-North American Cup Men’s Singles • Silver medalist, 2014 ITTF-North American Championships Men’s Singles Social Media: • Facebook.com/TimothyWangTableTennis Seed #15: Jose Miguel RAMIREZ World Ranking: - Country: Guatemala Style of Play: Right handed Attacking Shakehand Notable Achievements: • Bronze medalist, 2014 Central American & Caribbean Games Men’s Singles .